So the filmmakers drew upon references from appendices appearing in Tolkien’s later works to flesh out roles like Lee Pace’s elf king Thranduil, incorporate Orlando Bloom’s “Rings” role ...

Even elf king Lee Pace can't stump Tolkien expert Stephen Colbert. Skip to the content. ... Pace’s eerie intensity sees him making for a fine elf king in The Hobbit’s Thranduil, ...

Their lethality is clear in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, in which we see in action a battalion of sylvan elves led by King Thranduil, who also makes clear their relationship with ...

“PEOPLE make fun of the Elves constantly,” complains American actor ... it’s almost impossible to recognise the man who plays the haughty Elven King Thranduil in Peter Jackson’s Hobbit ...

For American actor Lee Pace, playing Thranduil, king of the woodland elves in The Hobbit meant he was playing the father to Orlando bloom's Legolas, the elf hero of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.